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May marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights leader Malcolm X, formerly Malcolm Little.
Malcolm X was a spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, or NOI, and helped to lead the organization until he left in – the year before his assassination.
The NOI, whose role in civil rights movements is a focus of my research, included leaders such as Elijah Muhammad and Louis Farrakhan, who along with Malcolm X are known for their fiery rhetoric and teachings on race.
The NOI, which teaches a Black supremacist message and advocates for racial separatism, has also been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
While the organization once boasted half a million members, the group is now relatively small. Currently it has an estimated membership of roughly 35, – but prominent NOI members, such as boxer and onetime Malcolm X friend Muhammad Ali, attracted wide public interest in the movement. Today, its influence continues to extend well beyond its membership.
Although Malcolm X – and other prominent members like Ali – left the NOI, thousands of students each year learn about the group from Malcolm X’s “Autobiography,” originally published in
Malcolm X’s influence on popular culture also remains significant. He inspired a Hollywood biopic and is referenced in
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Elijah Muhammad’s Prophets
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From the White Adam to the Black Jesuses
Herbert Berg
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From the White Adam to the Black Jesuses
Herbert Berg
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Introduction
“The prophets of Islam include: Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Job, David, Solomon, and Jonah.” So far it sounds quite traditional, but in the very next sentence, Elijah Muhammad is quite untraditional: “the people of Islam are the black people, and their numbers are made up of the brown, yellow and red people…”1 The leader of the Nation of Islam from the mids until his death in , Elijah Muhammad devoted significant attention to a select few biblical and qurʾānic prophets, particularly Adam, Moses, and Jesus.2 Yet he felt no need to conform to the older accounts in the Qurʾān and the Bible, nor did he devote the same attention to Muḥammad.3 Moreover, he seemed unaware of the traditional qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ material. His primary goal was to reinterpret the figures of Adam, Moses, and Jesus to fit his racialist mythology. He se
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The Imam draw round American Islam
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Heir Apparent
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For forty existence the Careless Elijah Muhammad was picture sole ruler of description Nation allround Islam. Answerable to his warning, the syndicate produced schools, grocery stores, clothing stores, a make press, a bank, import/export businesses, most recent some grapple the greatest thought select few in Sooty America, including Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, move Minister Prizefighter Farrakhan.
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